I don't count bridges as "land."
BJB

--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "acroorca2002" <orc@o...> wrote:
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "bjbutlerus" <bjbutler@b...> wrote:
> > I had the chance to do some minor pointing yesterday, visiting the
> > westernmost point of land in New Hampshire on a little island in
> the
> > Connecticut River just east of Brattleboro, VT. This is an easy
> > point.
>
> not so fast please
> actually since nh owns the ct river nhw isnt on the island at all
> but is on the bridge just where it reaches the right bank at
> brattleboro
>
> you just must have thought the bridge was wet because the river is wet
> but the bridge is dry
> & nhw is on it or beneath it
> even by your own drypointing standards
> or do i misrepresent them to you
>
> more below
>
> Take NH 119 as far west as you can. You can park on the S
> > side of the road on the island and walk to the extreme point, which
> > is a few feet N of the bridge pilings.
> >
> > On the way home, I followed NH/MA 63 south and checked out the
> > Pauchaug public boat ramp on the Connecticut River in Northfield,
> MA.
> > This is a mere 0.8 miles south of the MA-NH-VT tri-point and, in my
> > opinion, the best approach. The boat ramp does not appear on the
> > most recent topo maps.
> >
> > Mike, I think you launched a canoe here the day before our joint
> > attempt on MANHVT from the west.
>
> yes
> i found manhvt that evening to within about 20 feet of the truth
> without a gps
> class c
>
> but it took your genius to sniff out the second witness post
> without which our probable class b visit couldnt have been made
> even with gps
> in those days before selective availability was turned off
>
> we still need to return to dig up the mud turtle there under the
> right low water conditions
>
> m